2. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE I chose this topic because it is a story that is not told often. A lot of people ignore the story about how women were denied rights and how they were not allowed to participate in certain activities. So, since I am so into sports, I thought it would be a very interesting story to tell. This story should be told in pictures because photos can communicate emotions in a way that words sometimes cannot. Pictures allow my audience to actually see the individuals involved and have them think about how far women have come.

3. FIRST WOMEN BASEBALL TEAM Location: Vassar College in New York Date:1866 Photo Credit: http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/ This is a picture of two women from Vassar College in 1866. It was a two student baseball team.

4. EDDITH CUMMINGS Location: The United States Date: August 24, 1924 Photo Source: Time Magazine This is a picture of Edith Cummings on Time Magazine on August 24,1924. she was the first women athlete to appear on the cover of time magazine. Eddith cummings was a female golf player

5. ALL AMERICAN RED HEAD BASKETBALL TEAM Location: The United States Date: 1936 Photo Source: http://www.nytimes.com This is a picture of the all American red head basketball team in 1936. this was the nation’s first professional women’s basketball team.

6. BOBBY RIGGS VS. BILLIE KING Location: Houston Date: September 20, 1973 Photo Source: http://espn2u.b2bupdate.com This is a picture of Bobby Riggs vs. Billie King. Billie king was a woman tennis player and in 1973 she beat the #1 ranked men’s tennis player, Bobby Riggs in the battle of sexes.

7. CANDACE PARKER Location: Ford Center in Oklahoma City Date: 2004 Photo Source: www.espn.comwww.espn.com This is a picture of Candace Parker dunking in the McDonalds all American game in 2004. It was her senior year of high school and she was the first female to win the dunk contest in the McDonalds all American game. She competed against 5 other boys including now NBA player J.R. Smith.

8. ALLYSON FELIX, CARMELITA JETER, TIANNA MADISON, AND BIANCA KNIGHT Location: 2012 Olympics In London Date: 2012 Photo Credit: Matt Dunham in http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com This picture of Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter, Tianna Madison, and Bianca Knight at the 2012 Olympics. They were running a 4×100 meter relay. They finished with 40.82 seconds setting a world record and they were the first to win gold in that relay since 1966.

9. SERENA WILLIAMS Location: US Open Date: 2012 Photo Source: http://www.espn.co.ukhttp://www.espn.co.uk This is picture of Serena Williams winning her 15 th grand slam title at the US Open. She is the only player to achieve a Career Grand Slam in both singles and double.

10. SUMMARY My topic was about progress in women sports. The story that was meant to be told is how women have came so far. It was meant to tell how much progress women have made in sports since back then. It was meant to show where we started from and where we are now. From the beginning stated by the article the sporting woman it says “The ancient Greek Olympic games held in 776B.C. excluded women from watching the game, let alone competing”, but now women have made world records in Olympic games. This story is showing the significance of women in this world and how we weren’t allowed to do anything, but how we still found a way to make history. Like from the article Billie Jean Kings Women Sports Foundation it says” that the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center is the first museum exhibit and hall of fame dedicated exclusively to female athletes. The photos I chose helps tell my story. They show what we started with and what we are now. They show the progress we have made in history. Like women's baseball, it started with only two players but now we have way more participates. These pictures give you an idea of how far women have came from. From the article Milestone in the history of women’s sports it says that “Christine Bannon – Rodrigues a karate master at the age of 24 was the first person to win gold in all three events- forms, fighting, and weapons”, a sport that’s more for men, but we women still found a way to make history when at first weren’t allowed to do anything.

11. WORK CITED “Billie Jean Kings Women’s Sports Foundation Creates Permanent Home for Woman’s Sports.” Us Newswire 7 May 2008. Student Resources In Context.Web.22 May “Milestone in the history of Women’s Sports and Fitness.(Special 20 th Anniversary Collector’s Edition). Women’s Sports and Fitness.(Jan. Feb 1994) Student Resource Center Junior.Gale.Web. 23 May 2013 “The Sporting woman”. Women’s Sports and Fitness.(Jan. Feb 1993) Student Resources Center.Junior.Gale.Web.23 May 2013.